Research grants

Grants & funding

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The CBA Ignition Grant funds novel, high-risk pilot projects fostering collaboration across ANU, CSIRO and UC.

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The CBA supports small group meetings and interim analyses that drive high-impact syntheses, grant proposals, and policy outcomes in biodiversity science.

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DiversityScanner projects

DiversityScanner is a robotics, AI, and genomics tool for invertebrate analysis. CBA seeks EOIs for trials to test its feasibility on Australian taxa.

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Australian Landscape

Explore CBA honours projects for ANU and UC students, offering support for biodiversity-focused research co-supervised by CSIRO scientists. Gain hands-on experience, develop collaborative skills and contribute to impactful biodiversity science.

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CBA Workshop: Bayesian phylogenetics and macroevolution in RevBayes

The CBA supports capacity-building through training for postdoctoral and postgraduate researchers. We invite Early Career Researchers and PhD students to propose workshops, short courses or other training activities in biodiversity science.

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CBA offers grants for visiting scientists to collaborate on biodiversity research. Discover funding opportunities, eligibility criteria, and support for innovative projects advancing ecological and environmental science.

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